friday night - Goner Records

WELCOME TO
GONERFEST 12!
Where else can you find punk legend Sonny Vincent next to Ty Segall playing
T Rex songs next to UK poppers Ultimate Painting and gnarly New York City
rippers Hank Wood & The Hammerheads? Gonerfest 12 has hot bands from
Melbourne, New York, Kansas City, Memphis, London and beyond, up close and
sweating in your beer. Thanks for coming to the fest- enjoy the bands, enjoy
the fans, enjoy Memphis, be safe, get rides - don’t drink and drive, and please
spread the word. Let the music begin!
CONTENTS
GONERFEST PR
E-FEST ACTIVITI
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THURSDAY OPEN
ING CEREMONIE
S...5
THURSDAY NIG
HT...7
FRIDAY AFTERN
OON...8
FRIDAY NIGHT...1
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SATURDAY AFTE
RNOON...12-13
SATURDAY NIGH
T...14-15
SUNDAY...17
MAP...18-19
THINGS TO DO IN
MEMPHIS...22-2
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DRINKING & NIG
HTCLUBS...28
MUSIC STORES
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EATING...32-33
THANKS!...40
GONERFEST
PRE-FEST FESTIVITIES
Wednesday, September 23
The festival hasn’t even begun and there are Gonerfest activities to partake in... starting
at 6pm at Crosstown Arts, we have the opening of NO BRAG PURE FACT: The Art Of
Graceland Too. Artifacts from the Holly Springs home of uber-Elvis collector Paul
Mcleod, who began as a fan and became an attraction in himself, turning his house into a
repository of Elvis information. He attempted the superhuman feat of documenting every
Elvis mention in all media- tv, film, magazines and books - while giving tours of his house
24 hours a day. Items on display are courtesy of Friends Of Graceland Too, and video
courtesy of The Rise And Fall Of Graceland Too movie, currently being assembled. There
will be a commemorative 45 for sale with audio by and about Paul. The story and the stuff
are amazing- if you’re in town, check it out. It’s free!
Continuing the festivities, head out to the Summer 4 Drive In for Dusk To Dawn Rock
Movies on the big screen, with Rock n Roll High School, This Is Spinal Tap, Sore Losers,
and 1964’s Don’t Knock the Rock. Memphis instrumental kings Impala will play beginning
at 6pm. All this at the Malco Summer Drive-In 5310 Summer Ave. $10 a punk, and a great
start to a wild, wild week.
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Gonerbrau: This ain’t your
grandpappy’s beer. Gonerbrau is
a delicately hopped cream that’s
so smooth you won’t even need
wax for that mustache.
THURSDAY
OPENING
CEREMONIES
h Cooper Young Gazebo | 5:30 | EX CULT
These guys have come a long way since we first saw them
at The Dairy under the name Sex Cult. They are working on
their third LP (out next year on In The Red) and are building
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the merch table on their seemingly
tour schedule. We are thrilled to have them kick off Gonerfest 12!
Fuzz Box: Despite the name, there is nothing distorted about this India Pale
Ale. The piney resin of Rakau hops shine through in this smash hit, with hints
of stone fruit head banging in the background. Available for a limited time at
Gonerfest and in beer shoppes all over Memphis!
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The wild man of Memphis music photography, MC Don Perry, gets out from
behind the lens to annoy everyone from behind the mic! Watch out Moms! DJ
Baby Alcatraz returns to her homeland with a wild mix of vintage soul, R&B, girl
groups, & frenzied freakbeat 45s!
9:00p Sheiks • Memphis
Memphis born and raised, these 3 childhood friends have been playing together in one way or another since Jr. High in every type of musical scenario
(proms, churches, conventions, garden parties, moving vehicles). Speaking of
vehicles, they made their un-official Gonerfest debut in 2013 on the back of a
truck in the Murphy’s parking lot. We’re happy they can at least get some free
beer out of it this time. They kick off the night and return later in the evening
backing Jack Oblivian!
9:45p Pink Tiles • Melbourne, Australia
Addictive sugary garage pop. The sticky sweet
underside rather than the liquor-coated sandpaper
Australian bands Gonerfest usually features.
10:30p Aquarian Blood • Memphis
TALK
SWEET
PERFECT LP
DOUBLE
DON HOWLAND
LIFE IS A NIGHTMARE LP
MANATEEES
CROC N MY POCKET LP
Psyched out Memphis sound sect featuring
JB Horrell (Ex-Cult) and Laurel Findon (formerly of Nots) on twin vox and a shape shifting cast of master blasters playing everything
under the sun behind them. Last time I saw
them there was a sitar. I shit you not. Doomed
cult sounds for doomed cult times. Debut full
length coming on Goner in 2016.
11:15p Gary Wrong Group • Mobile, AL/NOLA
Gulf Coast back-room pagan-ritual stoner sludge long-player sped
up to punk rock 45.
12:00a Pampers • New York, NY
Q: What band are you least excited to see at
Gonerfest 12 but gotta watch because they are
your friends?
A: There’s so many! Ex-Cult because gazebos
are stupid. Hank Wood because New York City
is stupid. Foster Care because their bass player is stupid. Blind Shake because Dave wears a zipped-up jacket the whole
time he’s drumming and he doesn’t sweat a drop so he’s stupid. Nots are stupid because I’m afraid of women. Giorgio Murderer because stupid is stupid.
True Sons of Thunder because they’re not playing and that’s stupid.
OBNIIIS
WORTH A LOT OF MONEY LP
EXHAUSTION
PHASED OUT 12” EP
UNIFORM
PERFECT WORLD LP
COMING LATER:
SNOOTY
GARBAGEMEN
SNOO
TY GARBAGEMEN LP
JAMES ARTHUR’S MANHUNT, EMPTY MARKETS,
GARY WRONG GROUP, DD OWEN
1:00a Jack Oblivian • Memphis
“One of the all-time Memphis greats doing some of his best Memphis songs
in a Memphis room accompanied by a really good Memphis band.” - Shake
Appeal, on Jack O’s live album with The Sheiks, out now on Secret Identity!
THURSDAY NIGHT
Hi-Tone
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON
BUCCANNEER
3:00p Nowhere SquareS • Birmingham, Alabama
Long-running punk rock outfit from middle Alabama. What once sounded much more like
Billy Childish playing Black Flag, or vice versa, is now a much harder sound to describe.
Expansive, raw synth/guitar punk. Don’t miss ‘em.
3:45p Kit Convict &
THEE TERRIBLE TWO •
Melbourne, Australia
Choppy, lean, and mean Kinks/
Billy Childish garage punk from
Melbournista Kit Convict.
4:30p Pookie & The Poodles • SF
“Pookie & The Poodlez is the one-man, garage-pop
vision of Oakland’s Trevor Straub. Following in the
footsteps of fellow animalistic freak-rocker and frequent collaborator Nobunny, Pookie’s snotty, NorCal,
doo-wop rock takes mad cues from Shannon and the
Clams and Hunx and His Punx.” - Noisey
5:15p Manhunt • Austin
Gonerfest is blessed with many
guitarists who just explode, from
Ex-Cult/Aquarian Blood’s JB
Horrell, to Timmy’s Organism
Timmy Lampinen and Nots Natalie
Hoffmann, but for my money the
one who can channel more noise
through wires and soul is James
Arthur. His is a ferocious psychedelic music, like Hawkwind, the
Groundhogs, and the Red Crayola’s
noise sections welded together
and folded and folded and then
thrown in your face.
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FRIDAY NIGHT
HI-TONE
DJs Hot Dog! Classic Country Spin • Milwaukee, WI
Kevin Meyer & Austin Dutmer pull out the classic country 45s - perfect whiskey & beer
swillin’ music.
MC Anthony Bedard • San Francisco, CA
A personal Goner hero, Anthony drummed for the
beloved Leather Uppers as well as the Icky Boyfriends,
appeared on Maury Povich as the boyfriend of 77 year
old stripper Dixie Evans, and performed the hit theme to
Tom Scharpling’s Best Show On WFMU. A funny guy, a
brilliant guy, sure to be your favorite MC of the evening.
9:00p Musk • San Francisco, CA
Skunky bad-vibes psycho-head blowout channeling post-pop Scientists, primo Birthday Party and
salmonella-laced pound cake.
POUND CAKE TIME AMIGO.
9:45p Cuntz • Australia
Speaking of pound, here’s POUND FOR POUND
the poundingest band of the fest. Brace yourselfCUNTZ are back! Gonerfest 10’s most sociable
drinking buddies return! Ivy Lovell: “These dudes
were the best! We got stoned and ate burgers during Mudhoney and day drunk as fuck. I
LOVE CUNTZ!” Miranda Fisher: “It’s hard to think of a band that came out and really blew
me away in 2013 the way Cuntz did. The first time I heard them was at Gonerfest, when
I saw them twice in 12 hours and would have happily watched another set. Rich Evans, a
dude: “The kind of guys who come to your party, drink all your beer, and spend the rest of
the night following your girlfriend around.”
10:30p Nots • Memphis, TN
Hard-charging guitar/synth squeal outta Memphis, on Goner. New single and wild shows
this summer have everyone excited about what’s next.
“Urgent, fast and loud – raucous lo-fi music. think Bikini Kill. Think Cramps. The Fall.
NOTS take elements from all of these things and repackage them in their own visceral,
sometimes psychedelic sheen.” – Noisey
11:15p Timmy’s Organism • Detroit , MI
Q: What is it like for a Detroit band to play in Memphis?
A: I’ve played Memphis a bunch, I really dig it here. It’s a lot like Detroit with its city landscape and overall vibe, and its amazing musical history. I feel like its more like Detroit then
the neighboring cities in the Mid-West. The RockNRoll/Garage Punk scene seems a bit
smaller then Detroit’s, but I feel welcome and right at home here. It’s always killer to play
Gonerfest! It’s one of my favorite “RockN Roll Rallies’’ in the country! Good music, good
food, good people. Rad to be here agian!! I’m surprised I remember last years! hahah!
Q: Would you rather... have your set cut short by a drunk Australian who fell into your amp
or... every time you walk into Payne’s/Gus’s while in town, they immediately run out of food
upon your arrival?
A: A drunk Australian brings me Payne’s BBQ or Gus’s while we play our set.
Q: What all do you have coming up release-wise?
A: Well, by the time of Gonerfest we should have two brand new singles to sell at the fest.
A 45 out on Detroit’s Urinal Cake records called “Wild Humanoid” and one out on Third
Man - “Get up, Get out.” We also have a new full length out 10/30 on Third Man that’s called
“Heartless Heathen.”
12:00a TY REX
Five or so years back Ty Segall came to us with an idea - how
about a one-off covers record of T-Rex songs? Sure, why not, Ty
- so we got him set up with a new toy to record it with and off he
went. Six songs came out initially as a limited Record Store Day
12” – the other two came out two years later on a single. Now,
after topping it off with a killer new recording of “20th Century
Boy” – TY REX the album is set for release to the masses in November. His weird, skewed, fuzzed out take on these nine songs
both pay tribute to, and breathe fresh life into, some classic
Marc Bolan material. Here’s your once chance to catch it live.
Don’t miss it.
1:00a SONNY VINCENT
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Underappreciated American Punk Rock legend, in my
book up there with Dead Moon for creating decades
of honest, amazing rock n roll while never break ing
into the bigger time. Was there at the start, in 1976,
with the amazing Testors and has continued to crank
out the highest octane punk rock, down to his last lp
where Sonny was backed by Rocket From The Crypt. If
you know Sonny’s music, I’m sure you’re as thrilled as I
am that he’s coming to Memphis. If you don’t know the
music, you’re in for a hell of a night.
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BLOWOUT
SATURDAY AFTERNOONMURPHY’S
10 Bands, $10 1p-7p
INSIDE
1:30p Black Abba • NOLA
Black Abba like to keep it short, sweet & mysterious.
Their debut 7” is out on Goner. They are your new
favorite band.
Q: How did you come up with the name Black Abba?
A: It’s the long form of BL’ABBA
Q: What is your lyrical inspiration?
A: Talking shit about our friends. Jk. Sorry though.
Q: What’s next after Gonerfest?
A: We are going to add more members to the band.
2:30p Lord High Panther • NOLA
With Ryan Rousseau (Destruction Unit, Reatards, etc) off on tour and missing his first
Gonerfest ever, King Louie Bankston of course had to keep up the mantle as OG GONER IN
THE HOUSE. Always on the move, like a cat with duct tape on each paw, Louie presents his
Skate Rock band- Lord High Panther. All hail the King!
3:30p Wet Ones • KC
Band history from the band: Our band is made up of
members from Blood on the Wall, Bandit Teeth, Fag
Cop, Spread Eagles, Mouthbreathers, and All Blood.
We got together last November after All Blood and
Wayne Pain and the Shit Stains broke up. Kinda
glued half of each band together. We recorded a
record within the first month. Then we drank a lot.
Record coming on Total Punk.
2:00p Salad Boys • Christchurch, NZ
NZ jangle-rockers who also act as David Kilgour’s backing band. Full
length debut is out now on Trouble in Mind. Always glad to have some
Kiwis in the mix!
3:00p Shadow In The Cracks • Minneapolis, MN
Brand new project from Mike and Jim Blaha (The Blind
Shake) – Shadow in the Cracks is Spaceman 3 psych swilled
through an AmRep sludge machine with a healthy dose of
Eastern-tinged guitar crackle splattered over the top. Debut
album out next month on Goner.
4:30p Obnox • Ohio
Here’s a one-man band with enough energy, talent, and ambition to fuel four regular
ones. His new release, the revelatory double record Corrupt Free Enterprise (12XU) is
the truly psychedelic rapper-singer’s eighth album in three years. Once the drummer
for the fabulous and beyond-raunchy blues-destroying Columbus, Ohio act Bassholes,
Bim Thomas aka Obnox has so much going on it’s hard to explain.- Metro Times
4:00p Ultimate Painting • UK
5:30p Cheena • NYC
Fueled by the jangly guitar lines and easygoing harmonies
of Jack Cooper (Mazes) and James Hoare (Veronica Falls),
Ultimate Painting, from London, mines territory that falls
somewhere between mid-period VU, golden period Kinks
(Something Else, Village Green, Victoria) and the mid-80s/
early 90s kiwi-pop of the Bats and the Chills. Great stuff. On
Trouble In Mind Records in the US.
5:00p Giorgio Murderer • NOLA
Landscapes of our own future may
feel exhausted. All premonitions
and projections fully devoured by
modern life. But even among the
shit of living there is space. There
is Giorgio Murderer. A man who’s
heart beats like quasars flooding thru
the eternal synthesizer of the mind.
The formidable knocking of a 4x4
beat powers through even the most
dangerous deep space. For fans of
Star Trek and Liquids.
OUTSIDE
A bricolage of established New York City artists
flexing their talent outside the confines of their respective genres. This dark, loose, and moody rock
and roll grabs you by the collar with slide guitar
and reverb laden vocals, presenting itself as the
premier soundtrack for a hungover stroll down
Broadway (Bushwick, not Manhattan).
6:30p Sweet Knives • Memphis
Named for a song off their “Future Touch” 12,” Sweet Knives is a project
in which founding Lost Sounds’ member Alicja Trout revisits her songs
from their catalog. It’s not the Lost Sounds without Jay, but getting
to hear these songs again – especially with original
members Rich Crook (Lover!, Thing) and Jon Garland
– is a real treat. And it may not happen again. RARE!
SATURDAY NIGHT
DJ Useless Eater & DJ Chud Malevolence
Back from touring with Voivod, the tag-team DJ champs got run out of Versailles by playing
Jonzun Crew followed by Drunks With Guns, then Guns & Roses Chinese Democracy in its
entirety. Metalheads were not amused!
MC Chris Shaw
11:15p Nobunny • Chicago
The wild rabbit has relocated to the
Midwest and his new band is an allstar line-up of the scuzziest bread
basket punks in the land. Guaranteed to be a good time.
Rock critic and Ex-Cult frontman gets another outlet to talk shit on bands
9:00p First! • NOLA
Q: Who is FIRST!?
A: FIRST! is everything that is wrong with rock and roll
passive-aggressively shoved down your throat. We exist
to make your band look like geniuses....and because
you are too much of a pussy to play first.
Q: What do you hate more: dogs or Bobby Jindal?
A: Bobby Jindal by a mile. He is probably the most destructive local politician that we have seen in a hundred
years or ever. Due to blind partisan loyalty and some
weird form of self hatred, he has purposely crippled
Louisiana’s health care and education systems during
his tenure - a mess that will take years to undo. If you
think voting doesn’t matter and politics don’t really affect your life, please think again and
ask any poor person who has had to suffer under the thumb of this total maniac. And BTW,
“I hate your fucking dog” is not about dog hate its about dog owner hate.
Q: What should Gonerfest attendees expect from your Memphis debut?
A: Probably a mess, but you never know. We have been practicing a lot lately but I’m not
sure why because we almost always play to nobody.
Q: Will you ever play 3rd?
A: No.
9:45p Ar-Kaics • Richmond, VA
They might not claim it, but we think Ar-Kaics are the
best throwback garage band in the world! Featuring two
Gonerfest alums - Kevin of The Shirks and Patty of Cybelle
Blood! Make sure to buy the band a beer and test them on
their collective knowledge of 60’s record trivia. Ar-Kaics: if
its current, it can’t be good.
12:00a Blind Shake • Minneapolis
One of the most intense live acts going these days; the guys
don’t even stop to take a drink of water during their set
(seriously... it’s a rule).
1:00a Quintron • NOLA
It’s hard not to find yourself dancing like you do alone in your bedroom at a Quintron and
Miss Pussycat show. Even guys in black metal t-shirts with their arms crossed can’t help
but bounce along against the back wall. Equal parts soul, boogie, swamp and punk, the
music of Quintron and Miss Pussycat speaks to the freak in all of us. Making their 3rd
Gonerfest appearance, do not miss these legendary New Orleans performers.
10:30p Hank Wood & The Hammerheads • NYC
At the forefront of the current New York punk scene lies an
organ-driven entity whose use of tambourine will make you both
praise and pogo. This is mean street gospel; tough, fast, raw,
and with cowbells.
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SUNDAY
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Gazebo at Cooper Young FREE!
2:30p KING LOUIE’S KATRINA MEMORIES • NOLA
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and changed
the lives of millions of people, including a large number of our
friends in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Our friend and
Goner OG King Louie Bankston was a survivor. From his Goner
Bulletin Board post on August 31, 2005:
“We swam through the swamp with a pit bull in tow. for nearly
twenty minutes ...the water flooded our cabin in 45 seconds we were
swimming through a flood...we were rescued by boat from the TOP of
a barn!!!”
Louie will recount his Katrina experiences through story and song
in a presentation only he could pull off.
RIVER CITY TANLINES • Memphis
Our final Gonerfest 12 act was to be Big E & The Mississippi Boys, and you would have
loved ‘em. Big E loved to entertain, and his backup band- part Preachers Kids, part River
City Tanlines, part nitroglycerine - was perhaps the most explosive band playing Elvis
songs ever. Unfortunately Will Atkinson, aka
Big E, passed suddenly in late August. We
know Big E was looking forward to performing for all the Gonerfest-goers, and we
think he was trying to hold on through this
last set of shows before he would admit he
was really sick. The River City Tanlines, with
Mississippi Boy Bubba Bonds, will finish the
fest off right and will move the people in a
way that will Big E proud. Featuring Alicja
Trout (Lost Sounds, Mouserocket, Clears)
on vocals and guitar, T-Money Bishop on
bass, and Bubba on drums, we are so happy
to have the Tanlines as our final band of the
festival. Untoppable Memphis rock n roll
sending everyone off into the post-Gonerfest world on an loud, uplifting note.
BUCCANEER POST
EVERYTHING PARTY
No Live Band! 8pm
Floor shakin’ tunes from DJ HOT TUB ERIC
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Things To Try To Do In Memphis
While You’re Doing Gonerfest
A current listing of events can be found in both the weekly
Memphis Flyer or in the Playbook section of the Commercial
Appeal daily paper, and also at the online versions of both those
papers. Also see Google Maps “Gonerfest 12 Map” for most of
these attractions. Memphis is full of fun spots to visit, some spots that are full of
history, other spots that are full of life. Memphis, as the biggest
city in the Mid-South, has always attacted a wide variety of people
from Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri, looking for a way out of
small-town life. The low cost of living also contributed to an influx
of immigrants from Vietnam, Mexico, and elsewhere. So ethnic
food can be surprisingly good and inexpensive, and what we lack
in 4 Star Restaurants I think we make up for in unpretentious
Soul Food, no matter who is cooking it. Anyway, please enjoy
Memphis, and although you may think it’s the greatest city on Earth
for a week, know that there is crime so watch yourself if you go
wandering off in to the unknown. Also, Memphis has nowhere near
as many Australians the other 51 weeks of the year.
Sun Studio • 706 Union Ave (901) 521-0664
One amazing room. One amazing man. Sam Phillips changed the world.
Legends recorded here: Ike Turner, Howlin Wolf, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Little Milton, Roy Orbison, and tons more.
Unreal.
Stax Studio Museum • 926 E McLemore Ave (901) 942-7685
If you can come out of this tour without wanting to wear Rufus Thomas’ kneehigh green boots we don’t want to know you. The hall of records will bring
most Gonerfesters to their knees. Isaac Hayes’ talking gold Cadillac! Listen
to individual instruments from Booker T & The MGs recordings! Highest
recommendation, even for people who do not like museums.
The Mississippi River
The Mississippi is the whole reason Memphis exists. It’s huge. It’s awesome.
There are barges. And sunsets. Don’t miss it. Do not swim in it. Remember
Jeff Buckley. Across the river lies... West Memphis, Arkansas! There’s a dog
track there, with some sort of semi-casino.
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Peabody Ducks at Peabody Hotel • Union & 2nd St
A tuxedoed Duck Master leads the ducks into a fountain in the middle of the
Peabody Hotel lobby at 11am each morning and back up to their penthouse
digs at 5pm. Ridiculous? Yeah! Gorgeous hotel lobby & bar. Pricey, but the
ducks are free! Stop by and cheer.
National Civil Rights Museum • 450 Mulberry St., 38103
A sobering, stirring tribute to the Civil Rights Movement at the motel where
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Memphis history hangs heavy.
Graceland • 3734 Elvis Presley Blvd, 38116
Elvis is king, and his house is a perfect 1970s time capsule. Kinda pricey (over
$30 for the home tour), but, if you’re in the right mood, fun. When you get
back home all your friends will ask you if you went there, so you might as well
go. The hall of jumpsuits & other costumes is great! The Jungle Room rules.
We keep getting older, Graceland stays the same age. Rock n Soul Museum • 191 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103 (901) 205-2533
Smithsonian-quality music museum in the heart of downtown next to FedExForum, home of the Memphis Grizzlies!
Gibson Guitar Factory • 145 Lt Geo W Lee Ave (901) 544-7998
SGs, Les Pauls, and other Gibson models are made in this downtown factory.
A must for you guitar nuts!
Full Gospel Tabernacle Church • 787 Hale Rd, Memphis, TN 38116
Al Green’s home church. The right Reverend conducts services when he’s in
town... get gussied up and bring some cash for the collection plate! A wild,
emotional time. Sunday service at 11:30, prepare to stay awhile.
Jay Reatard’s Grave at Memorial Park Cemetery • 5668 Poplar Avenue
“You can’t kick me out of Gonerfest!
That’s like kicking Jimi Hendrix out
of Woodstock!”
Jay was a huge part of Gonerfest,
and we miss him greatly, especially
this time of year. His grave is next to
Isaac Hayes in a prime spot in the
cemetery, across from the bizarre
Crystal Grotto.
Jay grew up at 1620 Echles St, as in
the Lost Sounds song.
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THREE BIG STAR
SPOTS OF NOTE
Ardent Studios • 2000 Madison Ave 38104
Where the band recorded their 3 albums, plus Alex Chilton solo lps
Overton Square • Cooper & Madison 38104
The happening place to be in the early 70s was TGIFridays - as seen on the back of the
Radio City lp
Mortimer’s Restaurant • 590 N Perkins Rd 38122
owned by Chris Bell’s family, Big Star photo wall
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Drinking&Nightclubs
Lamplighter • 1702 Madison (901) 726-9916
Goner’s favorite beer joint ever. You can bring your own booze if you pay for set-ups. One of
the best burgers in Memphis. You can always find out what else is going on by stopping in
here. Oscars’ Chuck Vicious often behind the bar.
Buccaneer • 1368 Monroe (901) 278-0909
The site of the first Gonerfest, and our favorite Pirate-themed venue in the city. Great
bartenders, smoky and cozy. Friday Afternoon show is a blast, and don’t miss the Sunday
night Come-down DJ night... where you can actually talk to some of the people you’ve met
without shouting.
Murphy’s • 1589 Madison (901) 726-4193
Across the street from what used to be Memphis’ punk rock meccas The Well and Antenna
Club. Back in those days Murphy’s supplied the hard alcohol to the rockers punking it up
across the street. Enjoy the Saturday afternoon Blowout- always a Gonerfest favorite!
The Beauty Shop • 966 South Cooper Street (901) 272-7111
Around the corner from Goner on Cooper. Excellent restaurant also serves elegant &
impressive concoctions- think BRUNCH! Next door to Bar DKDK- a hip small bar serving
small plates with an always-changing menu. Host to some smokin’ rock sets and killer DJ
nights. Cool!
Greencork • 2156 Young Ave (901) 207-5281
New wine-on-tap restaurant conveniently located directly next to Goner. Be nice to our
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Music Stores
Xanadu • 2200 Central (901) 274-9885
Owner John Lowe is creator of the one and two-string “Lowebow” guitars. He’s also got
strings and effects and Orange amps and Silvertones. Tons of books, too. Paperbacks,
hardbacks, sci-fi, mystery, and weirdness. Live Lowebow performances by request!
Xanadu and Johnny Lowebow are one-of-a-kind!
Martin Music • Poplar 1659 Poplar Avenue, (901) 729-2466
The closest place to get strings and picks to the Midtown clubs- they’ve also got fancy
guitars, amps, and custom guitar pedals. Nice folk- not Guitar Shop “You Know Whats!”
Memphis Drum Shop • 878 South Cooper (901) 276-2328
Drummers- do not miss the Drum Shop, right around the corner from Goner. The best
drum shop for hundreds of miles. Tell ‘em GONERFEST sent ya!
Eating
Eating is a big deal in Memphis and eating cheaply is a big deal to us.
Here are a few of our favorite places & others of note. Be sure to tell ‘em
you’re here for Gonerfest when you visit!
Payne’s BBQ • 1762 Lamar (901) 272-1523
The world's greatest chopped shoulder sandwich.
Comes with nuclear yellow/green slaw. Smoked
Sausage, too! No booze. Housed in a converted old
garage. Cool! Open for lunch until sundown. Closed
Sundays & Mondays.
Gus’ Fried Chicken • 310 S Front (901) 527-4877
World famous fried chicken with a spicy, chunky crust, served with a quart of beer…
YES! Frying Chicken can take a while so don’t be in a rush. Usually crowded.
Cozy Corner • 745 N Parkway (901) 527-9158
Our favorite rib joint, currently rebuilding after a fire. While they work on the
building they are actually serving Barbecue directly across the street in a limited
capacity. Worth a visit!
Kwik Chek • 2013 Madison (901) 274-9293
Employers of many rockers through the years. Cheap delicious sandwiches.
Muffaletta, pork roast, and vegetarian Bloody Valentine are good starting points.
Korean dishes as well- and next door is The Crazy Noodle serving more Korean
fare. Young Avenue Deli • 2119 Young Avenue (901) 278-0034
Known for 1/2 pound burgers, wraps, quesadillas and a huge menu. Tons of
different beers on tap and in bottles. Right down the street from the Goner store.
Central BBQ
Midtown Location: 249 Central (901) 272-9377
Downtown location: 147 E Butler Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 (901) 672-7760
Our neighbors in Cooper-Young, excellent BBQ and wings! New location Downtown
off of Main Street.
Déjà Vu • 51 S Main St (901) 505-0212
Cajun restaurant smack dab in the middle of Main Street downtown. Chef Gary has
been a chef to many stars in Las Vegas but now he’ll cook for you! Great guy, great
food.
Mardis Gras Memphis • 496 N Watkins (901) 530-6767
New Cajun restaurant down the street from the Hi Tone, working out the kinks as
they figure out how to run a real restaurant. Potential to be something special.
Desserts are amazing!
India Palace • 1720 Poplar Ave (901) 278-1199
Golden India • 2097 Madison Ave (901) 728-5111
Both of these have nice lunch buffets
City Grocery • 836 Cooper St (901)552-4890
New, spiffy convenience store with a few tasty Indian dishes and sandwiches. A few
blocks North of Goner on Cooper.
Vegetarian Food
Fino's From the Hill • 1853 Madison Ave (901) 272-3466
Small Italian deli with great hot and cold sandwiches in the heart of Midtown.
Beware the Memphis vegetables in most restaurants- they have usually been
cooked with meat. Ask! But there are vegetarian options.
Barbecue Shop • 1782 Madison (901) 272-1277
Solid and spicy Midtown barbecue that stays open later than most and serves beer. For Midtown & Downtown your best bets are probably:
Soul Fish • 862 S Cooper (901) 725-0722
Delicious sandwiches & platters of chicken & catfish. Low-key, but crowded most
dinnertimes. Cuban and Memphis sandwiches are fantastic. Fuel Cafe • 1761 Madison Ave (901) 725-9025
Vegan-friendly, organic / natural and healthy sandwiches, salads, burgers and main
dishes right down Madison from Murphy's.
Saigon Le 51 N Cleveland St, (901) 276-5326
Vietnamese food. Close to Hi Tone, excellent and fresh.
Pho Hoa Binh 1615 Madison Ave (901) 276-0006
Vietnamese food. Next To Murphys’ on Madison. Cheap Lunch Buffet.
Al-Rayan Middle Eastern Food 288 N Cleveland St (901) 272-0227
Cheap and near the Hi Tone.
Blue Nile • 1788 Madison Ave (901) 474-7214
Spicy, great Ethiopian dishes, fun spongey injera bread.
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THANKS!
Thanks for coming to Gonerfest 12. We are always very proud to bring everyone to
Memphis to show off our music and our city, and the generosity of everyone involved
always blows us away. We know many of you have come a long way, spent hard-earned
money and precious time and we really do appreciate it. For 12 festivals we’ve been
continually surprised with the generosity, enthusiasm, and kindness of our attendees and
the bands playing, from both inside Memphis and beyond. Please spread the word and
help us to keep making these events as successful and fun as they are.
We could not do this without a lot of help from all kinds of people including the Memphis
Visitors & Convention Bureau, Karen Carrier, Memphis Made Brewery, Pabst Blue Ribbon,
The Memphis Flyer, Cooper Young Business Association, Audiographics Masterworks /
Memphis Record Pressing, Skinny and all the Hi Toners, Benny & everyone at Murphys,
Charles and the Buccaneer staff, Seth Fountain for the poster/t-shirt concepts & graphics,
last minute miracle-workers Jesse Butcher & Corkey Sinks, Don Perry, Robin & Kyle &
the Rocket Science Audio Army, Brian Dixon, Creature Skateboards, Adam Woodard, Paul
Wiseman, Crosstown Arts, Friends Of Graceland Too, Johnny Lowebow, Brent Shrewsbury,
Jeff Jensen, and all the volunteers, bartenders, food trucks, clean up crews, advertisers,
doorpeople, caterers, publicists, and everyone we’re forgetting. Thanks!
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